Einstein On: Diabetes Epidemic, Dean Allen M. Spiegel, M.D.

In this edition of Einstein On, a research & medicine podcast, Allen M. Spiegel, M.D., the Marilyn and Stanley M. Katz Dean and former director of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, describes the proactive measures needed to tackle the diabetes epidemic and reduce human suffering and healthcare costs. Recent studies project the number of people in the U.S. with diabetes will double to 44.1 million by 2034. (June 07, 2010)